Developing Windows 8 Apps

A revolution in apps development

Myself

• Chandan Gupta Bhagat

• MSP 2013 Nepal

• Computer Engineering student

• Solutions Architect @ Yorbit Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• Tweeting @speedestchandu

Why Windows Apps?

• Metro design

• Dual UI

• Better performance

• Developing Apps is easy

Eight things about Windows Apps

• Windows reimagined

• All the apps you want

• Cloud-connected

• Get more at the Windows Store

• Reimagined browsing with IE10

• Built for business

• Great experience across all hardware

• Built on a solid foundation

• Windows Reimagined

• New fast and fluid Start screen

Touch, mouse, keyboard

• All the apps you want

• Apps are at the heart of Windows Apps

• The apps you need are built right in

• Apps work together and make each other

better

• Mail Calendar

• SkyDrive Photos

• People Messaging

• Cloud-connected

• Your Windows, everywhere

• Connected to your people, files and apps

• Get more at the Windows

Store

• Familiar, new and popular apps

• Easy to find, easy to try

• Same apps on all your PCs

• Reimagined browsing

with IE10

• Less browser, more web

• Incredibly fast

• Seamless with Windows 8

• Built for business

• A better business tablet

• New possibilities for mobile productivity

• Enhanced end-to-end security

• Virtualization and management

• Great experiences across all

hardware

• Tablets to laptops to all-in-ones

• Share between devices

• Touch, mouse, keyboard

• Highest power to the most efficient

chipset

• Built on a solid foundation

• Fast, compatible and protected

• More for power users

• All your familiar Windows 7 apps and devices at your fingertips

• Enhanced desktop

Before Jumping

• Metro design principle

• Have programming skills

• And of course

Modern Style Apps

Content

before

chrome?

Touch,

mouse,

keyboard

Everything great about

Windows 7 we made even

better -Microsoft

Fast and Fluid

Snap and Scale beautifully

Use the Right Contracts

Invest in a great tile

Feel connected and alive

Roam around the cloud

Embrace Modern Principles

How do we develop?

Possible on C++,

HTML5, C#, Visual

Basic

Which IDE?

Using Visual

Studio

Prefer

‘Express 2012

for Windows

8/Windows

Phone’

You already have skills to develop

Modern Style Applications!

What can we do further more?

Make a great

UI

Making your

app live

Monetize it

Connect to

the hardware

Data binding

Connection to

network

Connection to

Cloud

Make a

productive

app

....................

Presenting Data

Animation

Adds motion, beauty, energy and

personality

Good animations enhance experience by

• Making it clear where to focus

• Being purposeful

• Adding confidence of knowing what has happened or

what will happen

• Reinforcing the way system works

Using Animations

• Planning animations

• Animation, you get for free

Thank you!!!